New York Times Food Blogger Dawn Lerman on Psychosomatic Effect of Eating

The food we put in our mouths is VERY important! What we THINK about when we eat it is more important. The psychosomatic effect of what we eat is huge!

With this clip we are getting a bit hippy. And that’s OK because sometimes we all need to get a bit ‘hippy’…

Now we’re not saying go out there and eat loads of sugary, trans-fatty food GMO foods from McDonalds or KFC. What we are saying is if you want some junk, cut yourself some slack. Enjoy it, acknowledge that it is junk and that it’s not food and laugh it off and feel good because the guilt and psychological torture of “Oh…. I shouldn’t have eaten that…” makes a mess of your body physically as much as and possibly more than the food will.

On that note, when you eat good food that is nourishing for you, get hippy about it and celebrate it with good thoughts. Thinking “This organic chicken salad with organic extra virgin olive oil is SO good for me and I feel AWESOME” is going to amplify the benefits of that good food.

Yes I know it sounds hippy. It really does. But you know what – try it both ways and see which feels best. Its a no brainer! It works.